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AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

Feature article: HIV infection: what is it?
HIV infection is a viral infection that progressively destroys the immune system, causing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other diseases that result from the impaired immunity >> More
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NYC urges docs to do routine HIV testing on adults (Friday, June 27, 2008)
Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS...>>More
Study: Treating herpes doesn't prevent HIV (Friday, June 20, 2008)
Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's...>>More
Study: 1 in 4 adults in NYC have herpes virus (Monday, June 09, 2008)
A city Health Department study finds that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with the virus that causes genital herpes...>>More
S. African health minister: HIV rates declining (Thursday, June 05, 2008)
South Africa's health minister said Thursday that HIV infection rates among pregnant women declined for the second straight year and claimed it was proof...>>More
Malaysian women urged to carry condoms (Sunday, June 01, 2008)
Malaysia's deputy health minister urged every woman in the country to carry a condom to protect against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, a news report...>>More
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